"Hey" Dave said walking in a little later than planned Harry didn't appear to be around but he knew that Tonks heard him. "Dora" he said sweetly "I can't help if you don't tell me what the matter is"
"Maybe it's you" Tonks said through her teeth and refusing to look at Dave
"What?" Dave said confused
"You take off without telling me what you are doing to help Sirius get Peter and defend your actions to Fudge" Tonks said "I am an Auror two I should have been there with you I will not sit on my hands like a housewife whilst you are off playing hero". Dave did not know what to say in all fairness it had been in the heat of the moment that what happened did happen and he did not think Dora would have a problem with it.
"Dora" Dave said "I don't want you to be a housewife, but this one time it was my fight not anyone else's"
"But …" Tonks began
"No" he said "I finally have been able to get justice for my parents that rat bastard has paid for what he has done and Fudge condones what I did end of discussion"
"We will talk about this one day" Dora said
"No we won't" Dave said "I can't Dora I am sorry but I just can't"
Tonks looked like she was going to explode Dave never kept anything from her ever he was kind and caring most of all sweet yet he had been truthful with her about everything, she had been the one that he had talked to about his parents when they died sure they were 5 at the time but it was important to her that he talked to her.
"Dora" he said "you ok?"
"I can't be here right now" Dora said "I am going to stay with my mum and dad for a while"
"Dora" Dave said but she walked away from him "Dora talk to me" with that Tonks walked over to him and reared up in his face which made him step back slightly.
"Don't" she said "just don't" and walked away before she did something she regretted or he did as they were both short tempered
"What about Harry?" Dave said
"I will be back later and we can talk to him together" Tonks said
"Dora" Dave said "will you at least tell me why you are mad at me?"
"It's" Tonks said "that I am your wife and you didn't even think to tell me what was going on when Fudge told me Sirius had escaped I thought something had killed you or cursed you"
"But he didn't" Dave said
"But he could of Dave" Tonks said "and that is your problem you didn't know what was right in front of your face"
Before Dave could respond Tonks dissapperated and Dave went into the kitchen he needed a drink right now.
Tonks House
"Hey guys" Tonks said walking in bags in each hand "can I move back in for a little bit?"
"What's the matter Dora?" Sirius said from the kitchen and she was amazed that Sirius Black formerly convicted murderer was now sitting at her kitchen table like a civilized adult "is it the pup cause I can go and curse him a bit everyone thinks I murdered Peter torturing Prongs' eldest isn't that much different?"
"Well we have had a little fight yeah" Tonks said "over what he did to Peter and the fact that he didn't tell me what was going on and wouldn't let me help"
"Well" Sirius said "it was a spare of the moment decision me and him reached so we didn't have time and I told him not to invite you on the Peter hunt as I had quite a few sick and twisted things I wished to do to him"
"Like?" Tonks said curiously living with Dave and the Auror training had hardened her more than most women and gore and horror had never bothered her anyway.
"Well" Sirius said "Peter cannot get out of Azkaban without help as all that is left of him is his head minus his tongue and his chest"
Tonks' mouth hung open not through the disgusting things that they had done to Peter but the fact that they had not killed him which she had presumed that they would have done and she was embarrassed at thinking something so bad about her husband.
"You didn't kill him?" Tonks breathed
"I wanted to" Sirius said "Dave stopped me Leo ripped him to pieces though"
"Who is Leo?" Tonks asked confused
"Dave's animagus" Sirius said "a massive Lion"
"It was him" Tonks muttered to herself
"Anyway Dora" Sirius said "your moving back in?"
"I have to go" she said and dissapperated back to Potter Manor
"Ball is in his court now pup" Sirius said turning back to Harry
"Thanks Sirius" Harry said "can you get me back a way different to Floo they will know when I come back that way"
